English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

The Most Compassionate

created humanity

˹and˺ taught them speech

The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision

The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺

As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺

so that you do not defraud the scales

Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure

He laid out the earth for all beings

In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks

and grain with husks, and aromatic plants

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny

He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery

and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

He merges the two bodies of ˹fresh and salt˺ water

yet between them is a barrier they never cross

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Out of both ˹waters˺ come forth pearls and coral

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

To Him belong the ships with raised sails, sailing through the seas like mountains

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Every being on earth is bound to perish

Only your Lord Himself, full of Majesty and Honour, will remain ˹forever˺

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

All those in the heavens and the earth are dependent on Him. Day in and day out He has something to bring about

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

We will soon attend to you ˹for judgment˺, O two multitudes ˹of jinn and humans˺

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

O assembly of jinn and humans! If you can penetrate beyond the realms of the heavens and the earth, then do so. ˹But˺ you cannot do that without ˹Our˺ authority

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Flames of fire and ˹molten˺ copper will be sent against you, and you will not be able to defend one another

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

˹How horrible will it be˺ when the heavens will split apart, becoming rose-red like ˹burnt˺ oil

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

On that Day there will be no need for any human or jinn to be asked about their sins

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

The wicked will be recognized by their appearance, then will be seized by ˹their˺ forelocks and feet

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

˹They will be told,˺ “This is the Hell which the wicked denied.”

They will alternate between its flames and scalding water

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

And whoever is in awe of standing before their Lord will have two Gardens

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

˹Both will be˺ with lush branches

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

In each ˹Garden˺ will be two flowing springs

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

In each will be two types of every fruit

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Those ˹believers˺ will recline on furnishings lined with rich brocade. And the fruit of both Gardens will hang within reach

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

In both ˹Gardens˺ will be maidens of modest gaze, who no human or jinn has ever touched before

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Those ˹maidens˺ will be ˹as elegant˺ as rubies and coral

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

And below these two ˹Gardens˺ will be two others

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Both will be dark green

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

In each will be two gushing springs

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

In both will be fruit, palm trees, and pomegranates

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

In all Gardens will be noble, pleasant mates

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

˹They will be˺ maidens with gorgeous eyes, reserved in pavilions

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

No human or jinn has ever touched these ˹maidens˺ before

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

All ˹believers˺ will be reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny

Blessed is the Name of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honour